Monthly Archives: January 2008
Mr. K Is Our Co-Pilot
From now on, whenever we are lost, feeling depressed, or simply in need of a spiritual supercharge, we can turn to Mr. K. Or at least a plastic facsimile of him with a spring-loaded head. You may know Yutaka Katayama … Continue reading
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Chevy RX-7….or Mazda Corvette….or whatever
So, are you one of the people who were pissed off that GM never produced the rotary-engined Corvette? Wanna take matters into your own hands? Wanna show GM how it’s done? If so, then we have a solution for you!
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English Wheels
Fasten your safety belts make sure your seatbacks and tray tables are in the full upright position, and all electronic devices are off. We’re going back across the pond to visit Ratdat.com, another British bloke with an absolutely brilliant website. … Continue reading
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More Seibu Keisatsu!
Just for all you Seibu Keisatsu fans out there, here’s a follow-up to our earlier articles (here and here) on everyone’s favourite 70s Japanese TV cop show. We’ve found some older pics of the crazy modified cars that they used … Continue reading
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CLASSIC CM: Honda’s “Impossible Dream”
While we’re on the subject of the UK and adverts, here’s one of the best, Honda’s “Impossible Dream”. In fact, we can safely say that all artists can just retire now, because never will anything so beautiful be created again. … Continue reading
Honda Goes Retro
Motorcycle News is reporting that the Honda CB1100F concept unveiled at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show will see production as a 2009 model. In a move that seems contrary to the current trend in motorcycle engines, Honda will stay true … Continue reading
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GT-R Pants!! They’re GT-R…..PANTS!
Ages ago we shone a light onto a JDM clothing label which had a lot of hot rod influences, mixed in with cool old school JDM car touches. It was Samurai Motor Club. But checking their website today, we find … Continue reading
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When the sharknoses come out to play…..bring earplugs
Yesterday we did a piece on a rarely-seen Hakosuka sharknose, and while we’re on the subject of these of lowdown/garuchan/yankee/bosozoku sharknosed cars, let’s look into the culture a little bit further. When we see these cars parked up, it’s easy … Continue reading
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Now With 55% Less Domain
From the Less Is More Bureau, it has come to our attention that JapaneseNostalgicCar.com can be hard to spell rather annoying to type out in its entirety. So for the 2008 model, our weight reduction engineers have put the domain … Continue reading
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The Japanese Have Landed
In honor of our compadres at Old Japanese Car and the grand opening of their forum, here’s a 1979 Toyota Carina advert. Instead of British Leyland products, which were busy not being built by striking auto workers, blokes wishing to … Continue reading
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'67 Toyo Kogyo Lineup, No Corks
Over at online magazine Winding Road, they’ve posted the pages of a 1967 Toyo Kogyo brochure. If you’ve been paying attention, that’s the manufacturer Mazda was formerly known as, and it made corks. Each company had its humble beginnings. For … Continue reading
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Movin' on Up
Now that 2008 has arrived, the bean counters can go back and tally up the official scores from last year. As it turns out, Toyota has overtaken Ford for the #2 spot here in the US. Honestly, is anyone surprised … Continue reading
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Signing Off from RSS
This morning we got an email from Dan Strohl at Hemmings informing us that Sportstyres.net has been scraping our blog. Being the Luddites obsessed with old technology that we are, we had never heard of this new-fangled phenomenon until his … Continue reading
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Hako-Sharknose. Kill it with fire?
A sharknose conversion is a pretty commonplace staple of the JDM lowdown/bosozoku/yanki/garuchan scene, and in general they are an homage to the outlandish styles of the Silhouette racing cars of the late 70s and early 80s. Hence sharknoses are usually inflicted … Continue reading
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Cotton Celica
Check out this awesome t-shirt we got from our friend Joji of Toy Garage. On the front is a head-on pic of an A2 Celica comin’ up on ya for a pass like an angry daruma closing in on its … Continue reading
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0-300km/h: JDM Tuner wars of the 90s
JDM tuners are nothing if not enthusiastically competitive, and today, that manifests itself in the regular Super Lap time trials at Tsukuba raceway. It’s where all of the major tuning houses pit RX7s, Lancer Evolutions, Imprezas and Skyline GT-Rs against … Continue reading
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Jam Session
No, that’s not the control room at NASA, Section 9, or Godzilla Defense Force. It’s the Tokyo Traffic Control Center. If you’ve ever driven on the capital’s elevated highways and concrete tangle known as the Shuto, you’ve seen the big … Continue reading
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Toyota Automobile Museum
From our English Channel bureau, courtesy of UK reader Mash and a French 2000GT enthusiast, here’s some photos of the Toyota Automobile Museum to start the new year off right. Eagle-eyed viewers will notice that not all of the vehicles … Continue reading
Mazdafarians in Amsterdam
If you still have wayward champagne corks lying around from your new year’s eve party, now would be a good time to reflect on those bottle stoppers, especially if you’re a Mazda owner. That’s because before there was Mazda, there … Continue reading
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Hakosuka: rea-dee…..set-tto…..gooooooooo!
Ok. So it’s blurry. It’s short. It’s on a low res camera phone. But the sound’s good and it’s a street drag race between two Hakosukas from back in the day. And you don’t see that every day.
